Lisa Balbes is the latest STLACS section member to be elected an ACS Fellow. Chair Natalie LaFranzo passed the word along last week when she heard it from the National horse’s mouth. Lisa is principal in Balbes Consultants, under which she offers career, editorial, grantsmanship, and training services. Yes, that is a broad brush: more […]
Awards Night was held on April 18, 2017 at Maggiano’s in Brentwood with around 100 people in attendance. Winners of the high school chemistry contest, the high school chemistry teacher-of-the-year, and the outstanding junior chemistry students at area colleges and universities are all recognized. By all accounts, the evening was a nice celebration.
On March 18th, the Illinois Junior Academy of Science Region 12 Science Fair was held in the Morris University Center at Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, where over 200 of the finest 5th through 12th grade student projects from a ten-county area were presented. Saint Louis ACS section members G.S.M. Sundaram, Donald Sartor and Cinda Page
Kathleen Dwyer, coordinator of the High School Chemistry Teacher-of-the-Year Award, has announced this year’s winner: Carol Sayers of Saint Paul, MO. Carol teaches AP Chemistry and Pre-AP Chemistry at Fort Zumwalt North High School in O’Fallon, MO. She earned her Bachelor’s Degree in Chemistry at University of Missouri-Kansas City in 1988. While earning that degree,
Recognition Night is a time for the Section to celebrate our members, award winners, and past officers who make the Section so successful and vibrant. Many past officers of the Section were in attendance, and the program included the list of those who have served, going all the way back to 1908! This year, we
The Saint Louis Section of the American Chemical Society is pleased to announce the winners of the Outstanding Junior Chemistry Student awards for 2017. Each college and university in the local section territory chooses its winner; all will be feted at Awards Night on April 18. ACS 2017 WINNERS OUTSTANDING JUNIOR CHEMISTRY STUDENT AWARDS College
Talented and hopeful chemistry students from area high schools gathered on either March 10 or 11 to compete in the Saint Louis Section High School Chemistry Contest, administered at UM–Saint Louis. Places are based on a written test. The Regular Division exam is open to students who are in their first year of high school
Attendees at the December, 2016, Continuity Dinner witnessed the conferring of two S2Es. A great year for Excellence, was 2016. Here we cite Henry Rohrs for his leadership of the Mass Spectrometry Discussion Group, one of the most successful of our section’s discussion groups by any measure: activity, attendance, longevity, sponsorship. Henry keeps the ball
One of two S2E awards conferred at the 2016 Continuity Dinner, Jim O’Brien and Keith Stine were recognized for their unbroken 15-year record of Career Day programs. Held each spring at the UMSL Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, these programs draw visitors from area high school chemistry classes. Participants get a short talk (God, we
Save the date! Tuesday, April 18, 2017 Awards Night will be held this year at Maggiano’s on the Boulevard (across Brentwood Blvd from the Galleria – map). Winners of the high school chemistry contest, the high school chemistry teacher-of-the-year, and the outstanding junior chemistry students at area colleges and universities are all recognized. Agenda: 6:00
